iBooks Bestsellers: 'If I Stay' Takes #1

Gayle Forman's 'If I Stay,' adapted into a film to be released on August 22, landed in the top spot on Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended August 4. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DC Comics brings a veritable justice league of titles to Kindle, iBooks and Nook Stores

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[ Engadget | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC puts Paddington on iBooks

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ AllThingsD | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon struggles to get its books onto the bestseller charts

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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